INDEX to A Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles on Springfield History written by Herbert K. Skinner 1967 PART ONE Topic Article Title Date Pages Simon Kenton Simon Kenton Linked Closely to County s Early History 12/25/1967 1-2 Pioneers, Rivers Springs, Streams Impressed City s Pioneers 7/30/1967 3-4 Demint Cabin Centennial Replica of Demint Log Cabin Still Stands 7/30/1967 4 Springfield Map Old Map Shows City of Springfield as it Appeared in 1852 7/30/1967 5 1852 Mill Run Once Beautiful Rivulet 9/6/1967 6 Mill Run Mill Run Once Known as Beautiful Little Rivulet 9/6/1967 7-9 Early Roads Travel on Early Ohio Roads Described 8/13/1967 10-11 Bretney Tannery Bretney Tannery Oldest Leather Processing Business in the U.S. 8/20/1967 12-13 Early Fires Springfield s Worst Early Fire Occurred in 1840 12/20/1967 14-15 Railroads Area Rail Link Once Among Most Important in U.S. 9/17/1967 16-17 Railroads City Entered Railroad Era in 1846 12/17/1967 18 Hertzler Murder Prominent Springfield Financier, Industrialist was Slain in 1867 19 Interurbans/Traction City Once was Major Division Point for Many Interurban Traction Lines 9/5/1967 20-21 Lines Street Railway First Street Railway Had Mule Drawn Cars 9/18/1967 22
Bodmer, Karl 1 Bretney Tannery.12 Cabin, Centennial.4 Citizens Street Railroad.22 Clark County, early history..1 Crissinger...20 Demint, James..3, 4 Dickens, Charles 11 Foos, Griffith 3 Foos Distillery..6 Fire Department...14, 15 Fires.14, 15 Fisher, Maddox 4 Hertzler, David (Daniel)....19 Hertzler House...19 Industries, Early..9 Interurban Traction Lines..20 Kenton, Simon.1 Lagonda.cover Limestone, KY.2 Little Miami Railroad 17 Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad...18 Map, Springfield 1852.5 Maysville, KY..2 Mazeppa Ride..1 Milk Cart 13 Mill Run...3, 6, 7, 8 Mill, Simon Kenton...cover Mills.6, 7, 8 Mule-Drawn Car 22 National Pike..10 Ohio, Indiana, and Western Railroad.18 Old Virginia..9 Post Office, First..4 Railroads 16 Roads..11 Sandusky Locomotive 16 School, First.4 Simon Butler see Kenton, Simon.1 Simon Kenton Trace Frontspiece Sleepy Hollow..9 Snyder Park..9 Spangenberger House 12 Springfield Firsts..4 Springfield, Founding of.. 1,2 Stage Coaches 11 Stores, Early 4 Street Cars..22 Traction Lines 20 Train Wreck... 21 Travel, Early..10 Warder Public Library.9 Werden Hotel.11
INDEX to A Scrapbook of Newspaper article on Springfield History written by Herbert K. Skinner 1967 PART TWO Topic Title Date Pages James Leffel Home Home of Inventor James Leffel 12/20/1967 1 First City Market First City Market Opened in 1830s 12/10/1967 2 Early City Hall Old City Hall 1848-1890 (also City Market) 12/10/1967 2 Early Land Grants Restrictions on Property Given City are Outlined 10/26/1967 3 Memorial Park Memorial Park Shown in 1909 10/26/1967 3 James Lowry Sensational Murder Occurred in 1864 9/22/1967 4 Murder Springfield s First Springfield s First Schoolhouse was opened in 1806 9/8/1967 5 School Streams Mills County Streams Once Powered 105 Mills 10/4/1967 6-8 Early Settlers Early Settlers Rode horses to Get Marriage License, Reach Minister 12/15/1967 9 Marriages Springfield 1911 Springfield Was busy Community in 1911 12/22/1967 10 Limestone Street Was Limestone Street Named for City s Rock Formation or Maysville, KY? 12/22/1967 10-11 Esplanade Boys Esplanade Celebration Honored Boys of 1861 11/23/1967 12 of 1861 Downtown Early Scenes of Downtown Springfield Shortly After Turn of Century 11/12/1967 13 20 th Century Livery Stables Springfield Livery Stables C.E. Todd 11/12/1967 14 Black s Opera Black s Opera House 11/12/1967 14 House Esplanade Early Esplanade 12/20/1967 15 Arcade Arcade site of former Whitely, Fassler and Kelly Factory 12/20/1967 15 City Building City Building Cost $250,000 in 1890 12/19/1967 16 First Courthouse First Clark County Courthouse Occupied in 1821 12/10/1967 17-18 First Churches County s First Churches Were Community Bulwark 9/24/1967 19-21 Mastodon Ohio Was home of Mastodon in Prehistoric Times 5/6/1971 22
Arcade 2, 15 Billy Sunday Tabernacle...20 Black s Opera House.14 Cary, Martin 2 City Hall.2, 16 Court House...17 Churches....19, 20, 21 Civil War Celebration 12 Cummins Family.9 Douglas, Fred...2 Douglas, Stephen A.2 Esplanade. 2, 3, 12, 15 Episcopal Church...19 Fairbanks Building.13 Foos, John (Oil Mill)...8 Fountain...3 Icenbarger, Granny..2 Jail..18 Kelly, O.S 3 Kenton, Simon.10, 11 Leffel, James 1 Limestone Street.. 10, 11 Livery Stable..14 Log Cabin Campaign.18 Lowry, James - Murder... 4 Market City (wood).2 Mastodon...22 Mill Run...2 Mills.6, 7, 8 Old Virginny..18 Rat Row...4 Roads, Early...10, 11 St. John s Church...21 Schools.5 Sleepy Hollow 18 Snyder Family, Park.3 Springfield, Downtown..13 Trappers Corner.13 Vallandingham, Clemency L...2 Veterans Memorial Park..3 Weddings, Pioneer...9 Whitely, Fassler, and Kelly..2 Wood Market...2
INDEX to A Scrapbook of Newspaper article on Springfield History written by Herbert K. Skinner 1967 PART THREE Topic Title Date Pages Runaway Slave Clark County Figured in Sensational Case Over Runaway Slave 9/20/1967 1-2 Case National Road Travelers National Road Brought Continuous Stream of Travelers to Springfield 10/1/1967 3-4 Pennsylvania House Pennsylvania House 10/1/1967 3-4 Pioneer Life Hardships of Pioneer Life Often Caused Early Deaths of Settlers 9/29/1967 5 First Street Lights First Street Lights Erected During 1825 10/8/1967 6 O.S. Kelly Industrialist O.S. Kelly Spent Early Years Working as Carpenter 10/15/1967 7 Early Stores Springfield Stores of Yesteryear 12/19/1967 8-9 Springfield County Springfield Named County Seat 150 Years Ago 12/14/1967 10-11 Seat Mother Stewart Eliza D. (Mother) Stewart Rallied Area Women Against Evils of Drink 12/22/1967 12 Log Cabins Two Log Cabins Make Home Utles, Tote 7/27/1969 13-14 Police Department City Police Department Was Created in 1867 12/24/1967 15-16 John T. Norris Enigmatic John T. Norris Still Man of Mystery 11/17/1967 17-20 Gus Sun Gus Sun Helped to Put Springfield on Map 12/21/1967 21-22
Addison White Case.1, 2 Ambler, John Treasurer..11 Celebrities..21 Clark, Bobby and McCullough..21 Collins Grocery 8 County Seat (Springfield)..10 Crime and Criminals..17 Esplanade.7 Fisher, Maddox Postmaster.11 Fountain Square...7 Frey, J. Ward see Gano 6 Gano Home..6 Herb Doctor see Smith, Dr...5 Hunt, Dr. Richard.5 Jungles, Burning Of 16 Kelly, O.S.7 Levee, Burning Of.16 Levy, M.D. & Sons Store 8 Lights, Street 6 Lime Kiln, Pettigrew 9 Log Cabin (Clifton) 13 Lynching 16 McCullough Family...8, 21 National Road..3 Norris, John T 17 Pennsylvania House..3-4 Pioneer Life..5 Police Department..15 Pettigrew Lime Kiln.9 Prohibition...12 Postmaster, see Fisher 11 Riots...16 Slavery.1 Smith, Dr. Peter 5 Stewart, Mother Eliza...12 Stores 8 Sun, Gus.21 Taxes, Early...11 Theater, Fairbanks.21 Travel, Early..11 Treasurer, see Ambler 11 Ultes Family.7, 13, 14 Underground Railroad.1 Vaudeville..21 Welch, James L. Sheriff 9 Welch & Watkins Vehicles..9